A discussion on strategic and principled nonviolence. An analysis of Gandhi’s “soul-force” in relation to the nonviolence of popular movements with emphasis on their complementarity in practice.… read more
Posts by Stephanie Van Hook
Get inspired with a webinar on the Roadmap strategy
Michael Nagler presents in webinar format the Roadmap strategy. We hope that you enjoy watching this and that it sparks your imagination!… read more
Fun intro to Mirror Neurons and Empathy
Jeremy Rifkin on RSA Animate, 10 minutes on the “empathic civilization.”… read more
A higher image of human being
Nonviolence works from a much higher image of the human being than is normally presented in the mass-media, namely conscious beings as capable of compassion and self-sacrifice as we are of selfishness and cruelty. This is in fact a choice with which we have been endowed by evolution.… read more
The Film
Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita appears as a section of 700 verses within the ancient Indian epic the Mahabharata, where the warrior prince, Arjuna, collapses in dismay at the prospect of going into battle against his own relatives. He is admonished and encouraged by his charioteer Krishna (none other than an incarnation of Vishnu), and the dialog… read more
Violence is Not Tough, Love is.
“I can see that in the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth truth persists; in the midst of darkness light persists.” ~ Gandhi Our world is on the brink of economic and ecological collapse: the dissolution of union rights in Wisconsin, immigrant deportation in Arizona, rockets firing in Israel/Palestine, nuclear disaster… read more
